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waikatosinger

Was harassment defined for the survey or was everyone using their own notions? A lot of people think it is when someone just says something nasty to you or about you on the internet. But I would call that free speech. It might be rude and nasty perhaps – but I wouldn’t call it harassment.

To me harassment is more serious involving things that cross the line into the real world. I would suspect that is actually fairly rare.

The danger with using a loose definition is that calls to fight harassment can easily become excuses to stifle free speech.

GoVege

Just as a matter of interest and mild curiosity, because DPF has promised us…

…whenever I see a report I don’t just report it. I always look at their methodology and check out what exactly they are basing their rankings on.

…when will we see DPf’s examination of this study, it’s definitions (what for instance constitutes harassment within it, and did men and women use the same standard or were they left to make up their own minds what it was) because of course DPF wouldn’t just echo without criticism something he thought just seems right.

Kimble

This has been known for some time now.

Also known:
– The source for a great deal of the “harassment” that women complain about online is from other women.
– The people complaining about harassment are more than likely engaging in that behaviour themselves.
– Organisations set up to combat “online harassment of women” are often populated by professional victims looking to keep the gravy train running.